Often goods or needy beneficiaries are also involved. Charity actions are sometimes classified into:
Program Expenses
Administrative Expenses
Fundraising Expenses
This can be used as a heuristic for identifying good charities.
Not enough in category 1 and too much in categories 2 and 3 is often a bad sign.
But they’re not buying malaria nets, they’re doing thought-work. Do you expect to see an invoice for TDT?
Quite appart from the standard complaint about how awful a metric that is.
Often goods or needy beneficiaries are also involved. Charity actions are sometimes classified into:
Program Expenses
Administrative Expenses
Fundraising Expenses
This can be used as a heuristic for identifying good charities.
Not enough in category 1 and too much in categories 2 and 3 is often a bad sign.
But they’re not buying malaria nets, they’re doing thought-work. Do you expect to see an invoice for TDT?
Quite appart from the standard complaint about how awful a metric that is.